Human Geography | Self-Paced Online Course
Study population, migration, culture, and globalization through a spatial lens in a flexible course built on reflection, critical thinking, and real-world application.
| Course Title | Geography 151: Human Geography |
|---|---|
| Credits | 3 undergraduate credits |
| Format | Online - Self-Paced Enroll Anytime |
| Estimated time to complete | 3 to 9 Months |
| Cost |
Undergraduate tuition is $407.97 per credit. Visit the Costs & Aid page for more information. |
Why take Human Geography online?
GEOG 151: Human Geography examines how human activity — from language and religion to economics, politics, and migration — shapes and is shaped by space and place. This self-paced, fully online course provides a systematic look at cultural landscapes and settlement patterns through a global, regional, and local lens. With a focus on writing, critical thinking, and real-world examples, this 3-credit course helps students better understand the dynamic relationships between people and their environments. It’s ideal for general education credit, social science majors, or anyone curious about the modern world.
This introductory geography course meets the current NDUS general education requirements for social sciences, and it presently qualifies for UND’s Essential Studies requirement of within the special emphasis area category of the diversity of human experience. The course learning goals are centered on the UND Essential Studies themes of information literacy and that of intercultural knowledge and skills. It focuses upon concepts, models, and applications of contemporary human geography to the study of the cultural landscape at scales ranging from the local through the global. The spatial approach is used to discover geographical perspectives on population, migration, language, religion, folk and popular culture, economic systems, political systems, settlement, land use planning, tourism, and environmental issues.
Students have 3 to 9 months to complete this course from the time of enrollment. You may work at your own pace and complete lessons on your own schedule, submitting up to three items per week for grading.
Course Organization
This course contains 19 lessons including an open-book final exam:
Lesson 1: What is Geography?
Lesson 2: The Home Planet
Lesson 3: People and the Environment
Lesson 4: Population and Resources
Lesson 5: Population Dynamics
Lesson 6: The Geography of Population
Lesson 7: Population and Food
Lesson 8: Uneven Development
Lesson 9: Economic Geographies
Lesson 10: The Global Economy
Lesson 11: The Geography of Religion
Lesson 12: The Geography of Language
Lesson 13: The Global Geography of Culture
Lesson 14: World Orders
Lesson 15: The Nation-State
Lesson 16: The Urban Transformation
Lesson 17: Networks of Cities
Lesson 18: The Internal Structure of the City
Lesson 19: Final Exam
Each lesson contains lesson objectives, a to-do list, required reading, an introductory lecture, and one or more assessments. All lessons will have a reflective writing piece, an opportunity for you to present in about a page of writing what are your thoughts about what you read in the textbook and what you heard using the narrated PowerPoint slides. Your instructor looks for you to express critical thinking and creative thinking while also practicing the mechanics of good writing in terms of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax. Just a few of lessons have any more than that amount of writing. To balance out the way you are assessed, there will be a few lessons that require you to visit certain websites and to respond to particular questions that are multiple-choice and/or true-false in format.
What is required to take this online course?
Why Take Online Classes at UND?
Here are a few reasons why you should take an online enroll anytime course at UND:
- Great customer service – Our registration team is ready to answer questions quickly so you can focus on your coursework.
- Affordable – UND's enroll anytime courses are priced at North Dakota's affordable, in-state tuition rate.
- Accredited – UND is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission.
- Easily transfer credits – Transferring credits is always at the discretion of the institution to which the credits are being transferred. In general, credits from schools/universities that are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission transfer to other regionally accredited institutions. UND's online courses appear on your UND transcript in the same way as other courses.
Flexible 100% Online Course
You'll take this online course at your own pace. Some students thrive in this environment, while other students may struggle with setting their own deadlines. If you have successfully taken an independent study or correspondence course previously, UND’s enroll anytime courses may be right for you. Still not sure? Take our online quiz to help determine if online enroll anytime courses are right for you.
Course information including tuition, technology requirements, textbooks, lessons and exams is subject to change without notice.
